Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 9 December 2023
Result
Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 9 December 2023, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal: match report
Aston Villa defeated Arsenal 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 9 December 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from John McGinn of Aston Villa in the 7th minute.
Discipline: Aston Villa received 4 yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 3rd on 32 points from 15 and Arsenal 2nd on 36 points from 15. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 4th with 68 points, and Arsenal 2nd with 89.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Emiliano Martínez of Aston Villa (8.0), ahead of Diego Carlos (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Aston Villa wins, 0 draws and 7 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read W-D-W-W-L and Arsenal's W-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 7'Goal · John McGinn
- 28'Yellow card · Oleksandr Zinchenko
- 53'Yellow card · Lucas Digne
- 62'Yellow card · Douglas Luiz
- 73'Yellow card · John McGinn
- 77'Yellow card · Declan Rice
- 88'Yellow card · Diego Carlos
Head-to-head
Team news
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- Emiliano Buendía
- Tyrone Mings
- Jurriën Timber
- Philippe Coutinho
- Emile Smith Rowe
- Takehiro Tomiyasu
- Bertrand Traoré
- Fábio Vieira
- Thomas Partey
- Jaden Philogene
- Calum Chambers
- Kortney Hause
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-1-1)
Emiliano Martínez, Ezri Konsa, Diego Carlos, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne, Leon Bailey, Boubacar Kamara, Douglas Luiz, John McGinn, Youri Tielemans, Ollie Watkins
Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)
David Raya, Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Martin Ødegaard, Declan Rice, Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli